Apparatus for setting out leather



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rainid Jute 10, 193a Y I; a warm ofmiwatkrm The invention relates to appa ratusfor 'set g out leather u on a setting-out board so hat the leather may bedriedf as feet out on In the application ofChajrlesP; Vogel and AlberflC r er; Serial lioil mfim fiied May 1.4;; 1927, {for leather working machine, now 9; Patent 715582,dated-June 4, 1929; a

tting' outfof leather upon a setting-out boa/rd wherein the operator aott'iates mechw new roam-aging emes and the board to an: operative position relative to the pressing. and" stretchingfmeans anal manually "shifts theftablefto difierenfifpositions during the setting out prooess, The present inventiorifl provides for slitting down the manu'alopera Lions of the above destnribetlmachine and for aiitoniatioa-lly b inging the hide and board to operative positiorijand for automatically turni g the table during the setting out peijationL g 1 iiirtherobjeotofthe invention isto provide method of operating thepsame wl lereby pro hide on flonfe side ofthe board and then settingoutanother hide onthe other side of handling. I

eral features hereinafterf.set forth and a mor Part e n "by a ms t )"eonolusionhereof.

lathe "drawmgs is a i plan yiew xof ap iaratus embodying the invention gand he:apparatusishowri in'Fig. 1; I t

a. 3' is, K 63511031 SGGtlDIlkLlsVlQW through yi t a a ig. 5 is aidetall vertlcal sect onal View eiiilautomati machine is disolosed for the porting tables and the board feed mechanism s iciuction is-jiilrtherijinoreased by jsetting out the boarcl with a rriinil mm, amount: of

The inventiori eo n sists in the showing thelpre'ferred arrangement thereof Fig, 2 is a site elevatlon, TgQHBHLLVlBW of r the :settingx-goutr umta taken on: the i inaif r des b t a li hahoar lfwitht ehiie lifted fromthejtableand. care321 ofthe first setting-out ap.- here the hide is automatically a horizontal e otion ai riew rtalien on the 111m 4+4 of FiglB Eparts beingtbrokelr m "a p sse-semen or W1 Fi a d tail" vertioall sectional View taken onthe broken lines 6960f Fig; 4c; s

FigQlO is a plan View oforie oiithe sup away assoeiated therewith, parts broken Fig. 11 is a side View of said tableuand mechanism, partsbeing broken away and parts being shown in section 14 is a cletall sectional view takeii on 11161111614 14 ofFig, 11; a a a a Fig! 15 is a detail seotional view'takenohl 1111811116 15 15 of Fig. '1

:Fig. '18isfa detail ell eratio ijyiew tra s a track guide. i

Beforegoi 9; into a geta-il'edf deserijition of the operating mechani sl ns i llyolve'dt thought a Clearer i ncierstariliiig of the; app r tu rid: the we e mew le railgin g aildoperatirlg the ea-rile will be had r mie ene l PhnefiiQn s r f r d. 1 tieulariyto Figs. anolfl of thedrarvingsl With thearjran jgement herein shown an operator setting-out board on the fi t able mbly upport n spreatis; out a'hide, upon the board; As berethereon Tied. to tab paratus B, set out oh 'theboard and thereafter delivered to a tab1e22. "Operators D quicklyslick down si oh portions or {the shaiiks as;

m y heed attemmamm the board over and 1 $238 a detail end. elevation view of 67 mounted in a guide case 68, said clamped between the table and theolarnping arryingaroller 69engaging one ofthe cams bar which isslidably mounted in a guide niountedfonva shaft '71-, Thisshaft 711is frame 101 andfyieldinglyurged againstthe ontinuouslyr driven, the sarne direction work by springs 10 2at each end. The rais tl ymys, bya gear? ZaiiiXed to the hub ofge'ar ing and lowering of the table of thesecond Tandmeshing with a gem- 73. The "cam70 unittakes place in the same way and the actsto iiiterrnitte tlyshiftthe rack bar 67 at drive for its rack bars 67 is accomplished the endofeach halfcycle ofthe machine and from the cam 70 by rods 103eonnecting said idqbai thronghthe slot 66, pin 65 and barsand aperturedat 104 to clear the shaft lfwiththe resultqthatthe roller 26 ofthe partially counterweighted by means of unit Bisreciprocated back and forthrelative oounterweights 105, each connected by acatothef table 21. :The shaft 520i the first mable 106 runningover pulley 107 to one of chine carries abeyeljgear 74L meshing with a the arms ofthe'yoke 92, see Figs. d

ed bysimil aib vel g ari g t the haft 520i ing mechanism includes a grooved cam 108 e finit E so that its roller carriage is moved engaged by a rolls-r109 carried intermediate ifunisonwiththeroller carriage of unit B. the ends of a leverllO-piyoted at 111 and lteferringtol igfdthe table 21 has atulou- Operatiyely connected at its upper endby din b ring 78 a d tal 79 A 111 1- and byalinkrod 114 to asilnilar rack bar lowfshaft is rnounted in said tubular Pop of the second unit. Each raokhar 113 is tion'end at its upper end has a flange 81 or 11101111566 111 a g de @956 115 formed-l {is p ther suitabl means to raise andlower with O'fthe pedestal and engages along gear 116 a aid t bl gh ft sg is lid bly o nt d-0 formed as a part of the tubular portion 7'? my red shaft 82and has an annular flange 83 or" the table. Hetei'ringto Figs. 3 and i, ngaged by; an inwardly flanged unit18 1havthe cam 108is keyed to a hollow shaft 117 i ring adjustable, threaded engagement with a loosely mounted on the shaft 71 and having cap-n t t whi h it i locked ingdj ustgd an internal gear 118 keyed thereto meshing msnont setcrew 86. A spring 87; who e W1tl1 an idler gear 119 journalled on a shaft ension is adjustedbyfadjustmentof nutsS carried in a fixed braoket120 and meshing and 85, isinter'posedb tween thenut 85 and Wltlllfi gearflill keyed to theshaft 11? This -flange 83 and permits a yielding movement gearing Pl0V1Cl8S" a tour to one reduction lof the table. The whole assembly abovejd between theshaits 71 and 117. The tour scrihedmay mm bashes 82 andupon hallturning movements reviously referred to too :b finggwwhich are supported upona ta are carried out by a slngle revolution of the y i; 89 mmdin shaft 82 mlhg i g ad cam 108. Referring to Fig. 6,when the cam 'szta ole,threaded ehgagelnent witha sleeve- 108, mov ng a clockwise direction, moves nut9Q to hich it i lock d i1 adj ti d pd ii fromthe posit on shown to a position where nutsfijd and relativeto 'each other d t risnioved to turn the table one hundred and iinines the setting ofthetable relative to the g y d grees. Thereafter the part 123 must: 264*The nut 90 hasa shonlderedstubih Passes the r ller nd the rack 113 is moved 1931: end; 90 nionntedin yoke 92. Ref rto turn the table furthenthrough ninety deeaesetp throug livonenings in thepfedestal and the rack lnoyesback; 5 1 e table and carryrollers' 92 mountedin vertically 1 11 Sd d ig y d g e nd disposed guide slots 93 therein; The shafts thereafter the part125flpasses the roller and for less rollers are each connected to alink the rack moves back the remaining ninety $11 i l e V .r

,i m 96 fofmd 93 adpgtrt f these turning nioyements taklng place at the htii m "97, achfgear bgi i pi te t tnne 'thetable is in its lowered position and message. E ch d m hj ith the dwells in the cam hold the table against f"bh 1 a(flt 'ljafs6?; Eah oftheg turning during the periods thetableis in y r p "or y; deseribed in con e tio a raisedposition. Thus the pressing and 120 e of t nncarries roller 69 engaging stretching roller 26 makes tour passes over 70 *ontheshafti 1 which camsiact'to the hide during the time the cam 108 makes ,1. raise and-lower thetable 21 i onecoinplete revolution and acts aspre it thee-mine timed relation as the reciprooation S Y1 ei 6 the d 01113116 1e @carriagelf"Thiis; when the roller*26 d: i 1 l t i el s foji'y 'i'dl or towa rdfthe left, as The mechanism tor progressively feeding vieweclinFig. 5,tl1eftable21isl0weredand the boardi and the hide or hides thereon 1 id roller-starts on its movement to th through the machine, will now be described. f hetalole raiseds dn raisingthefset- In Fig. 1 itwill be noted that each table in out board: the! hide thereon is has two sets of radially disposed slots 130 and iftertorkf625aots similarly to shift the disk 71. a The weightot each table is preferably i level gear'Z5 on ashaftte which is connect- Referring to Figs. 4; and "(v'fthe table-turng5 arportion'? slidably and rotatably mount-i eglink 1 12-to a rack bar 113 of thefirst unit 91$ tion by a set-screwr91. The' adjustment of h p 122132159195 3 31 the Tack 113 1'05 1 to flig j g a s, th m g f th y k 92 grees. Then the part 121passes the roller 1 tall fpo ncted t it th degrees to bring "t back to the starting point,

the hide and" the Carriage 30 moves toward 1 he right, a v wedain g: he hi i prw gres irvflly t geared both i forw d 1 n lateral directionof the advancing roller hroug'houtthe entire dimensionof the hide, which may be either;widthwise orlengthwise depending upon thejpo'sition of the table; a a m a a EWithwthe abovedeseribedgapparatus; the operator LA places 'a board-on the tablejQQO and spreadsiamoist hideon said lbbard during Fthettime that the unit B is working on :another hide. Then this board andhide are movedbywthervoarrier to the unit Bi atthe timethe setting-out board, with the hide thathas jnstbeen set outfby unit B, is moved by the carrier totable 22. Whileunit B isoper:

atingto set, out the second hide the operator Ar is getting another board andhide in feeding position andoperatorsC and areslicke ing out'such portions of thefirst hideasneed attention andturning the board and placing another hide thereon. a Thereafter, while the third board with the hide thereon, is moving tounitBQfthe second? board, with its hide set out thereon? is moving to table 22 and the first boardfwith the set out hide on the bottom and another hide onthe top, is moving to :unit E. Thereafter unit B setsout the hide on the third boardxwhile unitE sets out thesecon d hideon the first board while oper' natorA is preparing the fourth boardand a operators (1 and Dare working on the third board; In theknext feeding movement the firstboard withhides set out on both sides thereof is placed on table 24 and finished by" operator and removed. from; the machine *while another hide and board is bein prepared for the apparatus by operator and the fourth board, with the hide thereon, is receiving attentionfrom operators and This five setting-out'boards with the hides thereon are in process through the machine at everycycle thereof. i As the general operation of each of the operating 'unitsB and E hasbeen previously described and as a detailed explanation of the roller drive, the feed of its carriage, the

raising'and lowering} and turning of the i tables has been given, further description is deemed unnecessary. 1 f

i {I desire it to be understood that this invention is not to be limit arrangement orconstruction of parts except Ttheclaims. v a V t p I claim as my invention is: i g; 1. In an apparatusofthe characterjfde- I scribed,the combination with supporting means for a fsetting out board. andhide', of means for successively applying pressure to thejhide Whilehon the a progressively along one entiredimension and i then along the other dimension while simuL ed to any particular a D. table,

" insofar as such limit ations are included in a i a 1 spectivelywsettmgout alhide on each sideof a-setting-out board, a feeding station between setting-out] board fl usly stretching; the b h n 1 w k i a 2- In scribed, the combination with supporting means for a setting o it boardand hidye of means for successively" setting out half sections of theyhidelfaiong one entirefdimension and a then setting out half sections of the hide hile simulalong its other entired menslon w taneouslv stretching the hide in both direotions. a

3. In apparatus of the character scribed the combination 1 with a support for a settmg-out board and hide, a stretching and pressing roller engageahle with the hide; means for rotat ng said roller, power driven an apparatnsofthe character dei means for moving said support relative to i said rollerjwhereby saidroller may be gaged withordisengaged from the hide; and means for clamping the hide engageabie therewith when; the roller engages the hide and disengaged therefromwhen the roller is free ofthe hide a 4;. 1n an apparatus-of the charaeter de scribed, the combination with a support for a setting-out board and and pressing roller engageabie with the hide,

means for jrotatmg sai .1t relative to roller and moving means for moving said support relative to said roller whereby said rolleri may en:-

said support, power driven a gaged withor disengagedafrom the hide,

power driven means for shifting said support to present diiferentportionsot the hide to the roller for working, and means for clamp: in the hole engageable therewith when the roller engages the hide and disengagedthere from when the roller is free of the hide. a

a In an apparatus scribed, the combination with means for raising and lowering said table means for holding a hide against slippage in the raise pressing and stretching roller engageable with the portion of a the hideprejsented dor Working, means for rot ating said roller,

of the eharacterdea supporting d position of said table, a

means for causing relative feeding movement a between the roller an hide presented for working,

dthat portion of the and means for intermittently turning said table in timed re- I lation to saidfeeding movement for present-i a ing. a 1 6. In an setting out bo the feeding station for the firstfdevioegto the tion and,,with the hides thereon,

aratusoi the fohara ctendescribed, the combination" of devices for reu ctuated means for prot gressivel y and intermittently itcarrying the ard with a hide thereon from first device, then to the secondyfeedinglstm a to t eslec ing different portions oiEthe hide for workstation for the first i CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION.

Patent No. 1,763,359. Granted June 10, 1930, to

WILLIAM JOHNSON.

It is hereby certified that error appears in the printed specification of the above numbered patent requiring correction as follows: Page 5, line 65, claim 4, after "other" insert "entire"; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Office;

Signed and sealed this 22nd day of July, A. D. 1930.

Wm. A. Kinnan, (Seal) Acting Commissioner of Patents. 

